Garen Patch History

Base damage: 150 – 350 3 125 – 275 3

Skin re-enabled for the duration of April Fools event.

Bonus movement speed duration: 1 – 3.6 1.4 – 3.6 seconds

AD ratio per spin: 38 – 50% AD 40 – 52% AD

Critical damage formula now modifies critical damage to 30% effectiveness instead of modifying the total damage by 80%.

Base critical strike damage: 140% 130%

Bugfix Attack animations no longer sometimes override Judgment's animation.

Bugfix Passive effect can no longer be stacked before learning the ability.

Bugfix SFX now plays correctly.

AD ratio per spin: 36 – 48% AD 38 – 50% AD

Base damage per spin: 4 – 20 4 – 16

AD ratio per spin: 36 – 44% AD 36 – 48% AD

Bugfix Armor reduction across separate casts of Judgment is now properly refreshed every 6th spin within the debuff's duration instead of requiring.

Updated recommended items.

Bugfix Tooltip now displays one decimal place in the health ratio instead of none/rounding to the nearest integer which would be slightly inaccurate. (Actual value was not affected.)

Damage reduction: 30% at all ranks 25 – 41%

Cooldown: 23 – 15 22 – 12

Removed No longer grants 10% bonus armor and 10% bonus magic resistance at maximum stacks.

Tooltip now displays the amount of armor and magic resistance gained before explaining the stacking mechanic.

Bugfix Restored success VFX particles when mitigating crowd control with the gained tenacity.

AD ratio per spin: 36 – 40% AD 36 – 44% AD

Judgment is now modified by 80% of the caster's total critical strike damage instead of 150% of Judgment's base damage.

Base critical damage: 150% 0.8*175%

Infinity Edge bonus critical damage: 40% 40*0.8%

Cooldown: 9 at all ranks 9 – 6

Removed No longer has an additional base damage per spin of 0.8*(x-1) for 9;then + 0.2*x.

Removed Recast no longer reduces its cooldown by its remaining duration.

Removed No longer deals 150% damage against non-epic monsters.

Bugfix Duration no longer sometimes illegally extends by up to 0.25 seconds (depending on game tick), causing another spin beyond the designated limit.

Bugfix Cooldown no longer sometimes improperly extends by up to 0.25 seconds (depending on game tick) when recasting to end the ability early.

Bugfix Tooltip now properly calculates critical damage.

Base damage: 150 – 450 3 150 – 350 3

Bugfix No longer causes the target to illegally survive at 0 health if they had a method to resurrect active and blocked the applicable effect with a spell shield.

Base critical strike damage: 175% 150%

Selection radius: 75 120 units

Damage reduction duration: 2 – 5 4 seconds at all ranks

AD ratio per spin: 32 – 40% AD 36 – 40% AD

Base armor: 36 38

Base attack damage: 66 69

Bugfix Mythmaker Garen now has a separate SFX when attacking turrets.

New splash artwork for Rugged Garen.

Bugfix Voice line for killing an enemy Darius now properly triggered again.

Bugfix Tooltip for its recast now displays updated information.

Critical strike damage: 158% 175%

Base health: 620 690

Health growth: 84 98

Armor growth: 3 4.2

Magic resistance growth: 0.75 1.55

Base shield: 70 – 170 65 – 145

Shield health ratio: 20% 18% bonus health

New Now trigger spell effects when dealing damage.

Bonus movement speed: 30% 35%

Target's health ratio: 20 – 30 3% 25 – 35 3% of target's missing health

Maximum stacks: 120 150

Bonus resistances per stack: 0.25 0.2

Maximum bonus resistances unchanged.

Possible Bug: Global critical strike damage interpretation reworked, Judgment crit bonus damage: +33% +58%

Bugfix Number of spins now properly accounts for the bonus attack speed gained from Trinity Force's Mythic passive.

Base magic resistance: 32.1 32

Bugfix Fixed a bug where preseason's global critical strike damage reduction nerfed Judgment crits from +33% to +8%.

Bugfix No longer increases his base armor and magic resist.

Cooldown: 7 8 seconds

Bonus movement speed duration: 1.5 – 3.5 1 – 3.6 seconds

Recommended items updated.

Magic resistance growth: 1.25 0.75

Critical strike damage: 50% 33%

AD ratio: 40% AD 50% AD

New Now passively gains an additional 10% bonus armor and 10% bonus magic resistance after reaching maximum stacks.

New Now has a base shield strength of 70 – 170.

Shield health ratio: 10% maximum health 20% bonus health

New Now deals 150% damage against non-epic monsters.

Bugfix Is now an unstoppable basic attack.

Bugfix Is no longer blocked by spell-shielded champions.

Base damage per level: 0.6*(x-1) for 9;then + 0.2*x 0.8*(x-1) for 9;then + 0.2*x

Additional spins per attack speed: 1 spin per 20% bonus attack speed 1 spin per 25% bonus attack speed

Base damage per level: 0.8*(x-1) for 9;then + 0.2*x 0.6*(x-1) for 9;then + 0.2*x

Bugfix If the attack is canceled due to losing vision of his target, he's no longer locked out of casting Judgment until the empowered attack window ends.

Base damage per spin: 8 – 24 4 – 20

Bugfix Fixed a bug where he would sometimes get an extra spin.

Attack speed growth: 2.9% 3.65%

Base health: 616.28 620

Health growth: 84.25 84

Health regeneration: 2;8 1.5;1.7;1.9;2.1;2.3;2.5;3.3;4.1;4.9;5.7;6.5;7.3;8.1;8.5;8.9;9.3;9.7;10.1 of his maximum health

Removed Regeneration no longer doubles while below 25;50 of his maximum health.

Cooldown: 9;4 7 seconds at all levels

Removed Non-epic monsters no longer interrupt regeneration before level 11.

New No longer has a static delay of 0.5 seconds. Now scales with his attack speed, behaving more similarly to a basic attack reset.

Bugfix Fixed a bug where when he is slowed, Decisive Strike's lockout time dramatically increased.

[Undocumented] No longer triggers on-attack effects on jump (i.e Statikk Shiv).

[Undocumented] Statikk Shiv can now critically strike when used with Decisive Strike.

Resistances per stack: 0.33 0.25

Resistances cap: 50 30

Minion kills to max stacks: 150 120

New Active Effect: Grants a 10% of maximum health shield for the first 0.75 seconds.

Removed No longer reduces damage by 60% for the first 0.75 seconds.

Number of spins: 5 to 10 for 6 7 plus 1 per 20% bonus attack speed

Only counts bonus attack speed from items and levels.

Base damage per spin: 14 – 30 8 – 24

New Now has an additional base damage per spin of 0.8*(x-1) for 9;then + 0.2*x.

AD ratio per spin: 36 – 40% AD 32 – 40% AD

Removed No longer deals 33% bonus damage when hitting a single target.

New Now deals 25% bonus damage per tick to the nearest enemy.

Hits needed to shred armor: 4 6

New Now grants stacks of Conqueror on each spin.

Removed No longer marks the enemy with the most kills in the last 5 minutes as the Villain. Basic attacks and Judgment no longer deal 1% of the Villain's maximum health as bonus true damage. Demacian Justice's damage is no longer converted to true damage against the Villain.

New Now grants vision of the target for 1 second.

Damage type: magic true

Base damage: 175 – 525 3 150 – 450 3

Health ratio: 28.6 – 40 3% 20 – 30 3% of the target's missing health

Bonus resistances per kill: 0.25 0.33

Maximum bonus resistances: 30 50

Total unit kill required: 120 150

Cooldown: 24 – 20 23 – 15 seconds

Active duration: 2 – 6 2 – 5 seconds

New Ability icon border now shows the remaining time for the empowered attack and movement speed.

Base damage: 30 / 65 / 100 / 135 / 170 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150

Bugfix Several missing VO lines have been restored.

Adjusted splash artwork for Rogue Admiral Garen.

Bugfix Now correctly damages Noxious Trap.

Base damage: 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 30 / 65 / 100 / 135 / 170

Maximum bonus resistances: 30 40

Total unit kill required: 120 160

Demacian Justice

Bugfix Villain mark is now at the same height when comparing it to enemy and ally perspectives.

Base health regeneration: 7.84 8

New Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.

Base attack damage: 57.88 66

Base armor: 27.536 36

Health regeneration: 2;4;10% maximum health 2;8% maximum health

Out-of-combat timer: 9;6;4 9;4 seconds

New Health regeneration doubles to 4;16% maximum health while below 25;50% of his maximum health.

New Now displays how much damage is mitigated.

New Damage reduction is doubled to 60% for the first 0.75 seconds. Drops to 30% thereafter.

New Grants 60% Tenacity for the first 0.75 seconds.

AD ratio: 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38% 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40% AD

New Enemy champions hit by 4 spins lose 25% of their armor for 6 seconds. Hits after the 4th refresh the duration.

Bugfix Fixed a bug where Rift Herald couldn't disable Perseverance after it 'ranked up' at level 11.

Splash artwork for Commando Garen updated to the Chinese art.

Splash artwork for Sanguine Garen and Desert Trooper Garen updated to the Chinese art.

Adjusted splash artwork for Rogue Admiral Garen.

Fixed a bug where Judgment was dealing 1% of Garen's maximum health instead of his villainous target's maximum health.

Kills against Garen will no longer be considered for determining the villain.

Killing champion clones will not longer be considered a kill for determining the villain.

Movement speed: 345 340

Bonus movement speed: 35% 30%

Fixed a bug where the attack wasn't triggering against structures

Resists per kill doubled to 0.25 from 0.125.

Issuing attack commands while spinning will now make Garen path slightly closer to his target.

Recommended items updated.

Health growth: 96 84.25

Attack damage growth: 3.5 4.5

Armor growth: 2.7 3

Attack range: 125 175

Silence duration: 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 1.5 seconds at all ranks

Movement speed duration: 1.5 / 2.25 / 3 / 3.75 / 4.5 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 seconds

If the attack is used on champion, it will have a small dash attached to it, similar to Bear Stance, moving Garen 50 units closer to his target than his attack range.

Removed Passive bonus 20% of bonus armor and magic resist.

New Passive: Unit kills permanently grant 0.25 armor and magic resist, quadrupled to 1 on large and epic Monsters and champion kills. This bonus is capped at 30.

Active no longer grants Tenacity.

Damage ticks: New 6 at all ranks 5;6;7;8;9;10 based on level

Total duration unchanged.

Base damage: 10 / 22.5 / 35 / 47.5 / 60 14 / 18 / 22 / 26 / 30

Attack damage ratio: 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55% AD 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38% AD

New Judgment deals 33% bonus damage when striking only one target.

Single target damage: 18.67 / 24 / 29.33 / 34.67 / 40 (+45.33 / 46.67 / 48 / 49.33 / 50.67% AD).

Cooldown: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 9 seconds at all ranks

New Cancelling Judgment early will now refund cooldown equal to the remaining duration.

Removed 25% reduced damage to minions.

Updated ability icon.

New Passive: The enemy champion with the most recent kills is the Villain. Garen's basic attacks and ticks of Judgment deal 1% target's maximum health as bonus true damage versus Villains.

New Demacian Justice's Active deals true damage versus Villains.

Cooldown: 160 / 120 / 80 120 / 100 / 80 seconds

Fixed a bug where Demacian Justice would cancel if Garen lost sight of his target.

Cooldown: 9 at all levels 9;6;4 seconds

Health regeneration: 0.4% at all levels 0.4;0.8;2% of max health per second

At level 11, non-epic monsters will no longer interrupt the effect.

Splash artwork for Dreadknight Garen updated to the Chinese art.

Garen can now activate Tiamat's and Ravenous Hydra's active effect Crescent while spinning.

Base armor: 19 23

No longer deals reduced damage to monsters (still reduced against minions).

Fixed a bug where the first tick did not damage units.

Visual Update.

New models and textures for all skins.

New splash artwork for Original Garen.

New voice-over.

Heal amount: 0.5% 0.4% of maximum health per second

Fixed a bug where the cast time was faster than intended.

Passive changed to increase bonus armor and magic resist (from items, runes, and/or masteries) by 20% instead of total armor and magic resist by 20%.

Fixed a bug where the cast time was faster than intended.

Movement speed: 320 345

Base health regen per 5: 9.85 8.25

Health regen per 5 per level: 0.85 0.75

Base attack damage: 60.1 56

Attack damage per level: 3 3.5

Delay: 7 9 seconds

No longer deactivates when damaged by minions.

Now displays the health regen gained in the tooltip.

Cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 8 seconds at all ranks

Movement speed: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% 35% at all ranks

Movement speed duration adjusted to 1.5 / 2.25 / 3 / 3.75 / 4.5 seconds from 4 at all ranks.

Base damage: 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130

Silence duration: 2.5 at all ranks 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 seconds

Now removes slows on activation.

Can now critically strike again.

Buff duration: 6 4.5 seconds

Fixed: Garen's next basic attack after Decisive Strike no longer occurs unusually quickly.

Fixed: Decisive Strike is no longer consumed if Garen fails to finish attacking.

While performing Decisive Strike, Garen now continues to follow his target if they are moving.

Changed to passively increase armor and magic resist by 20% rather than 0 to 25 based on kills.

Active damage reduction: 20 / 24 / 28 / 32 / 36% 30% at all ranks

Active now additionally grants 30% crowd control reduction.

Duration: 3 at all ranks 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 seconds

Cooldown: 30 / 27 / 24 / 21 / 18 24 / 23 / 22 / 21 / 20 seconds

Base damage: 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 20 / 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 per second

AD scaling: 140% bonus AD 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110% AD per second

Damage dealt to minions: 50% 75%

No longer removes slows on activation or reduces the duration of incoming slows while active.

Ignores unit collision during Judgment but takes a 20% movement speed penalty when spinning through minions.

Fixed: Judgment no longer locks out Garen from taking other actions longer than intended.

Cooldown: 140 / 120 / 100 160 / 120 / 80 seconds

Added a buff timer to show when it will reactivate.

Fixed a bug where Demacian Justice would not finish casting if Garen lost vision of the target during the cast.

Attack damage ratio: 50% AD 40% AD

Base damage: 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 per second

Bonus attack damage ratio: 120% bonus AD 140% bonus AD) per second

Movement speed boost duration: 3 4 seconds

Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 seconds

Maximum armor and magic resistance: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 25 at all ranks

Fixed a bug where Perseverance could sometimes activate immediately after taking damage.

Now marks Garen as being in combat even if the damage is shielded.

Now shows the particle on Garen even if at 100% health.

Movement speed: 315 320

Damage reduction: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% 20 / 24 / 28 / 32 / 36%

Attack damage ratio: 20% AD 50% AD

Movement speed boost: 2 3 seconds

Duration: 7 6 seconds

Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds

Bonus attack damage ratio: 100% bonus AD 120% bonus AD per second

Base damage: 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 per second

Base damage: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90

Attack damage ratio: 10% AD 20% AD

Damage ticks: two one per second

Total duration unchanged.

Base damage: 30 / 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 per second

Now scales off bonus attack damage rather than 70% of all attack damage.

Reduced Garen's selection size.

Can no longer damage invisible minions or objects like wards.

Base movement speed: 320 315

Active damage reduction: 30% at all ranks 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%

Active duration: 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 3 seconds at all ranks

No longer removed by combat dehancing effects such as Blood Scent.

Damage reduction: 35% 30%

Fixed various bugs that caused Demacian Justice to fizzle sometimes.

Maximum armor and magic resistance: 7 / 14 / 21 / 28 / 35 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25

Now reduces the duration of new slows by 50% rather than granting immunity to slowing effects. Judgment will still completely clear any existing slows when activated.

Now resets Garen's auto attack timer on cast.

Slightly increased the range of Judgment.

Garen can now cast all of his spells while using Judgment instead of just Courage.

Fixed a bug with Decisive Strike that would cause the icon cooldown to display improperly.

Fixed a bug where Garen will sometimes appear with a different skin after reconnecting.

Fixed the buff tooltip for Perseverance to show the correct value.

Fixed a bug with Decisive Strike where it was silencing for the incorrect amount of time.

Fixed a bug with Decisive Strike so that it can no longer critically strike.

Garen gains a large health regeneration boost when he stays out of combat for a few seconds.

Garen gains a movement speed boost upon activating this ability, and his next melee attack deals increased damage and silences his opponent.

Garen permanently increases his armor and magic resistance every time he kills a minion, and he can activate this ability to take reduced damage from all sources for a few seconds.

Garen spins his sword rapidly around his body and moves with it, dealing large amounts of physical damage to all enemies within its radius.

Garen executes Demacian Justice upon an opponent, dealing a large amount of damage with bonus damage for health that an opponent is missing.